Millennial nurses have the following problems that might be true
There have been so many complaints across the globe about millennial nurses and their attitudes towards their jobs. Millennials are individuals who were born between 1981 and 1996-which means they are between ages, 23 to 38, in 2019. 1982 In this write-up, I will talk about some of these concerns and give you my take.
Millennial nurses are lazy
Millennial nurses (MN) are not so happy when the older generation of nurses’ label them as lazy, and always on their phones at work. Could this be further from the truth? We now live in a world of technology where people spend more time on their phones than with the people that matter in their lives. The average individual spends about 30-6 hours a day on their phone every day. The older generation nurses report that MNs love to sit at the desk and only see their patients during medication administration. Such nurses have been dubbed “Desktop Nurses.” We’re all aware that a lot of people spend more time on their phones, but there have not been any findings that show a decline in productivity of MNs in clinical areas. While I do not advocate that nurses use their phones on the unit, I do think that millennials are getting a bad rep for having been born in a generation that is highly influenced by technology.
MNs are always looking for new jobs and they’re not interested in growing in their careers.
True or false? MNs are the most adventurous in the workplace. They are always looking for more. They don’t seem to be satisfied with what they have. According to a 2017 survey on MNs, more than 36% MNs stated their intentions to move into leadership roles. Maybe the scarcity of MNs in leadership positions might be because these positions have already been occupied by baby boomers or their employers are not encouraging them to take on leadership responsibilities. MNs should be given the chance to grow in their careers. They should be given the green light that there are possibilities for growth in their respective settings. This, to me, would increase the retention rates of MNs, especially in clinical nursing.
Most millennials are not interested in furthering their careers; they might be switching careers any time soon.
MNs do not seem to be focused on getting more education. A lot of them just want to get into careers that would allow them to travel places and do less work. They are not interested in pursuing a master’s degree or even a doctorate or Phd. A 2017 survey of nurses showed that 39% of millennials stated that they intend to go for a Master of Science in Nursing degree and 11% stated that they might pursue a PhD in nursing. Baby boomers are less likely to switch careers, unlike millennials. The advent of technology has opened so many opportunities and career options for everyone. MNs are just responding to the current world we live in-a place of greater opportunities for everyone.
I was born in 1982 and do not consider myself a millennial. There is another term I prefer, and age range, which is better. Xennial. Born between 1976-1983
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3 hours ago, VioletKaliLPN said:
I was born in 1982 and do not consider myself a millennial. There is another term I prefer, and age range, which is better. Xennial. Born between 1976-1983
My oldest daughter was born in '82 also, and she doesn't think of herself as a millennial either. She's more like a Gen-X'er in that she acts older because she started her "career" as a mother with her own siblings. She was the one who had the most responsibility (but her allowance was also bigger!) and took that responsibility seriously. She is one of the best moms I know, and she is married to a Gen-X'er who is also the oldest in his family so he's very familiar with the leadership role. Together, they're doing a fantastic job as parents of my 14- and 12-year-old grandsons and they have a work ethic better than many people in my generation can claim.
Replace the word "millennial" nurse with any other demographic (race, gender, sex, religion, sexual orientation, etc) and ask yourself if that statement would be okay. I doubt very much you'd post on here saying that black nurses, or gay nurses, or ____ nurses are- then go on to summarize that demographics stereotype. Can't we all just get along?
Not quite sure of the purpose of this post, a little confusing as to focus. But I do take exception to the idea that cell phones in the workplace are an entitlement by virtue of the fact that the technology exists. Not... Cell phones can be distracting and are inappropriate in a lot of settings. Many many employers, not only health care entities, have rules against cell phones in the workplace. If you are entrusted with the care of 6 - 10 (or more) patients, you do not have time to be staring at your cell phone.
I see you are the issue whoever wrote this article. You are creating a divide that doesn't need to be created. We can also say Boomer nurses are a burden to us. * you don't adapt to technology well burdening us millennial nurses to help you
*you steal all the holidays off leaving us younger nurses to work the holidays
*you steal all the summer vacations preventing me to have time with my family
*You tend to be stagnant in your practice and resist change stagnating nursing care and positive patient outcomes!!!!
Glad I am attending graduate school and am out of the bedside ?
I see you are the issue whoever wrote this article. You are creating a divide that doesn't need to be created. We can also say Boomer nurses are a burden to us. * you don't adapt to technology well burdening us millennial nurses to help you
*you steal all the holidays off leaving us younger nurses to work the holidays
*you steal all the summer vacations preventing me to have time with my family
*You tend to be stagnant in your practice and resist change stagnating nursing care and positive patient outcomes!!!!
Glad I am attending graduate school and am out of the bedside ?
Oh poor you. Must suck to be you. Everything is someone else's fault.
Easier to just quote a meme than address any perceived problem and according to YOUR thinking (as printed above) you are childish and immature.
It’s all about balance. First couple days back I love helping people, and I’m in a good mood, several days in at the nurses station I’m using the f word like a comma.
Millennial nurses are lazy? Yes. Yes we are. And I proudly include myself in this category. Hospitals are run by lazy, unethical sleazebags who cut us to the bone and always expect us to do more with less, and then pat themselves on the back every time they squeeze another penny out of the budget at the expense of our health and happiness. We nurses, and nobody else, are constantly expected to be endlessly self sacrificing and altruistic in a way that nobody else in our organizations are. *** that noise. I will show the same level of dedication and work ethic as the management (and don't give them the undue credit of calling them leadership).
Millennial nurses job shop and the like? Hell yeah we do. Career advancement is a thing of the past if you're a good nurse (can't have someone in a leadership position who might do the right thing and spend extra dollars). Raises that keep up with inflation plus CPI are long gone. Vacation time is a pathetic joke if you are clinical staff. Your reward for hard work is even more hard work. Yesterday's above and beyond becomes tomorrow's 2/5 unsatisfactory evaluation. What's worse is that all of this is being perpetrated by a generation of management who had it so much better and have consciously altered the way of things into a system they know they'd never want to work in themselves.
Millennial nurses have a lot of problems. They're called boomer managers, and we won't miss them when they're retired or dead.
VioletKaliLPN, LPN
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I was born in 1982 and do not consider myself a millennial. There is another term I prefer, and age range, which is better. Xennial. Born between 1976-1983